Proverbs 23:8:3Prov.23.8.W3TAB
וְ֝שִׁחַ֗תָּ
veshikhata
“and you will waste”
- Transliteration
- ve-shi-KHA-ta
- Extended
- veh-shih-KHAH-taa
- IPA
- /wə.ʃiˈħat.taː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you will waste
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-shi-KHA-ta
- clause
ve-shi-KHA-ta de-va-RE-kha ha-ne-i-MIM
- sentence
pi-te-kha-a-KHA-le-ta te-kee-E-na ve-shi-KHA-ta de-va-RE-kha ha-ne-i-MIM
Exegesis
The causative imperfect teqi’enna {תְקִיאֶ֑נָּה | tə-qî-ʾen-nā} ‘you will vomit it up’ signals the certain physical outcome, while the conjunction with Hifil perfect ve-shikhata {וְ֝שִׁחַתָּ | wə-ši-ḥaṭ-tā} ‘and you have destroyed’ adds a parallel consequence.
In context — Proverbs 23:8
The morsel you have eaten you will vomit up, and you will ruin your pleasant words .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 23:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 23:8, so the Hebrew word וְ֝שִׁחַ֗תָּ (veshikhata) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Prov.23.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.23.8.W3.S1) and character.